Terrycloth & Binding?
11-04-2011, 03:55 PM
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Terrycloth & Binding?
I bought a yard of terry cloth to make into a large towel (well now two small towels) ... I had some leftover binding from a quilt so I thought I could use that to bind the fraying end of the towel. It looks aweful. 
Is there a trick to this?
Is there a trick to this?
11-05-2011, 05:58 AM
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you didn't really tell us just why it 'looks terrible'? what went wrong?
normally i have just made regular binding- fold in half, pressed, machine stitched to one side- folded to other side- stitched down == just like nycquilter does=
without knowing what exactly went wrong on yours we really are not much help i'm afraid.
normally i have just made regular binding- fold in half, pressed, machine stitched to one side- folded to other side- stitched down == just like nycquilter does=
without knowing what exactly went wrong on yours we really are not much help i'm afraid.
11-06-2011, 06:21 PM
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do you hand sew it on the back like a quilt or machine sew?
Originally Posted by nycquilter
I have used cotton to bind terry just as I would bind a quilt. I cut the strip 2-1/2" wide, fold in half and press, sew to terry then fold over and sew down.
11-06-2011, 06:22 PM
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um.. i'll take a picture .. I sewed it to one side but I didn't keep a straight line (I can fix that) and then folded it over and tried to machine sew it down ..
Originally Posted by ckcowl
you didn't really tell us just why it 'looks terrible'? what went wrong?
normally i have just made regular binding- fold in half, pressed, machine stitched to one side- folded to other side- stitched down == just like nycquilter does=
without knowing what exactly went wrong on yours we really are not much help i'm afraid.
normally i have just made regular binding- fold in half, pressed, machine stitched to one side- folded to other side- stitched down == just like nycquilter does=
without knowing what exactly went wrong on yours we really are not much help i'm afraid.
11-06-2011, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nycquilter
I have used cotton to bind terry just as I would bind a quilt. I cut the strip 2-1/2" wide, fold in half and press, sew to terry then fold over and sew down.
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